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Environmental Impact Report Drilling, Completion and Well Production Testing in the Otway Basin, South Australia December 2018 Environmental Impact Report Drilling, Completion and Well Production Testing in the Otway Basin, South Australia December 2018 EIR Drilling, Completion & Well Production Testing in the Otway Basin SA | December 2018 Document Control Revision # Purpose Author Reviewer Approver Date 0 Issued for submission SM SM SM 4/10/2013 1 Finalised following agency consultation SM BW SM 12/11/2013 2 Final DMITRE comments addressed TF SM SM 13/11/2013 3 5-year review update - draft for internal review ZB/MM SM TF 26/11/2018 4 5-year review update - draft for consultation BW SM TF 30/11/2018 EIR Drilling, Completion & Well Production Testing in the Otway Basin SA | December 2018 Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Beach Energy Company Profile ............................................................................................... 4 1.3 About this document .............................................................................................................. 6 1.3.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................... 6 2 Legislative Framework .................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act .................................................................................. 8 2.1.1 Statement of Environmental Objectives ......................................................................... 9 2.1.2 Environmental Impact Report ......................................................................................... 9 2.1.3 Environmental Significance Assessment and SEO Consultation Requirements ........... 10 2.1.4 Activity Notification / Approval Process ....................................................................... 11 2.2 Other Legislation ................................................................................................................... 11 3 Description of Activities ................................................................................................................ 14 3.1 Well Site, Access and Camp .................................................................................................. 14 3.1.1 Well Site ........................................................................................................................ 14 3.1.2 Access Track .................................................................................................................. 14 3.1.3 Water Supply ................................................................................................................. 15 3.1.4 Camp ............................................................................................................................. 15 3.2 Drilling Operations ................................................................................................................ 15 3.2.1 Traffic Movements ........................................................................................................ 18 3.2.2 Fuel and Chemical Storage ............................................................................................ 18 3.2.3 Waste ............................................................................................................................ 19 3.3 Completions and Workovers ................................................................................................ 19 3.4 Well Production Testing ........................................................................................................ 19 3.4.1 Well Production Testing – Gas ...................................................................................... 19 3.4.2 Well Production Testing – Oil........................................................................................ 19 3.5 Well Decommissioning .......................................................................................................... 20 3.5.1 Decommissioning Following Drilling ............................................................................. 20 3.5.2 Decommissioning Following Production ....................................................................... 20 3.6 Site Clean-up and Reinstatement ......................................................................................... 21 4 Description of the Environment .................................................................................................... 23 4.1 Climate .................................................................................................................................. 23 4.2 Landform and Soils ................................................................................................................ 23 4.3 Petroleum Geology ............................................................................................................... 25 4.4 Bioregions ............................................................................................................................. 26 4.5 Flora and Fauna ..................................................................................................................... 26 EIR Drilling, Completion & Well Production Testing in the Otway Basin SA | December 2018 4.5.1 Vegetation Communities .............................................................................................. 26 4.5.2 Biodiversity Values ........................................................................................................ 27 4.5.3 Threatened Ecological Communities ............................................................................ 27 4.5.4 Threatened Flora ........................................................................................................... 28 4.5.5 Threatened Fauna ......................................................................................................... 28 4.5.6 Significant Migratory Species ........................................................................................ 29 4.5.7 Introduced Species ........................................................................................................ 29 4.6 Water Resources ................................................................................................................... 30 4.6.1 Surface water ................................................................................................................ 30 4.6.2 Groundwater ................................................................................................................. 30 4.6.3 Water Use ..................................................................................................................... 32 4.7 Land Use ................................................................................................................................ 32 4.7.1 General Land Use .......................................................................................................... 32 4.7.2 Conservation Areas ....................................................................................................... 33 4.8 Social Environment ............................................................................................................... 34 4.9 Indigenous Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................ 34 4.10 Non-Indigenous Cultural Heritage ........................................................................................ 35 5 Environmental Impact Assessment ............................................................................................... 36 5.1 Soil and Shallow Groundwater .............................................................................................. 36 5.2 Surface Water ....................................................................................................................... 37 5.3 Groundwater ......................................................................................................................... 38 5.4 Native Vegetation and Fauna................................................................................................ 40 5.5 Land Use ................................................................................................................................ 41 5.6 Landholders and Local Community ....................................................................................... 43 5.7 Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................................... 44 5.8 Economic Impact ................................................................................................................... 45 5.9 Environmental Risk Assessment Summary ........................................................................... 45 6 Environmental Management Framework ..................................................................................... 53 6.1 Environmental Objectives ..................................................................................................... 53 6.2 Responsibilities ..................................................................................................................... 53 6.3
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